Elan touchpad not working (elan_i2c invalid report id data)

[Teodor Sobczak]

This bug is similar to this one:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1683508

I file this as a separate one as suggested by @Kai-Heng Feng.

1.I am currently using Ubuntu 16.04.3, but I reproduced this bug on Linux Mint 18.3 (based on 16.04 as well) and on Ubuntu-Mate 17.10. This is a fresh install, not a dist-upgrade.
My laptop is Lenovo Ideapad 320 A6 (very similar laptop configuration to Ideapad 320 ARB).CPU: AMD A6-9220, GPU: RADEON R4

2. Affected Kernel version: 4.13.0-17
Elan Touchpad driver is not working correctly (?)

3. I expected Touchpad to work normally, after installation.

4. Touchpad works for up to 60 seconds and than stops completely. My syslog is spamed with
"elan_i2c i2c-ELAN060B:00: invalid report id data (ff)".
I can make touchpad stop working in about 10 seconds if I move mouse a lot. In attached syslog, You can see 938 error messages in span of 10 seconds. The more I move/click, the faster it freezes.

In this version of kernel xinput is detecting hardware. In earlier versions (kernels 4.4*, 4.10*) there was no touchpad detected.

teo@widelec:~$ xinput
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ PixArt USB Optical Mouse id=9 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Elan Touchpad id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ EasyCamera: EasyCamera id=10 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Ideapad extra buttons id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]

What I tried:
1. Kernel upgrades
2. Adding different set of options into grub configuration (i8042.reset, nopnp, nomux)
3. Switching on and off elan_i2c module.
4. Changing xserver-xorg-input-libinput to xserver-xorg-input-synaptics and removing xserver-xorg-input-evdev

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: linux-image-4.13.0-17-generic 4.13.0-17.20~16.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-17.20~16.04.1-generic 4.13.8
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Dec 1 09:17:35 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-30 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
SourcePackage: linux-hwe-edge
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Kai-Heng Feng (kaihengfeng)]

An AMD laptop?
Please try kernel here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1727544/comments/35

[Teodor Sobczak (teodor-sobczak)]

Works fine now. Syslog is clean. Thank You very much. I plan to reinstall system once again so I can do some testing if any additional feedback will be helpful.

[Aan Anshori (aananshori)]

Dear Teodor and Kai-Heng,
I got the same problem myself when using AntiX19.2 64bit with my Lenovo Ideapad 320.
I am very beginner in Linux and was wondering how to try that kernel. I mean in step by step command if you don't mind. Touchpad is not working since I run live USB.

What shoul I do

Thanks a lot.

[Po-Hsu Lin (cypressyew)]

I am going to close this bug base on comment #3 from Teodor, and the fact the bug 1727544 is now fix-released.

Aan,
please open a new bug with command "ubuntu-bug linux" in a terminal window for your issue.
Thanks.